Ye Lan changed the topic to the software competition.
She asked her some questions about it.
In the end, she was full of confidence. She smiled and said, “I’m sure you’ll be chosen!”
She paused again, with her own worries. “It’s just, it’s not necessarily a good thing that you were chosen. What if—”
This year, the competition would be held in the country. It would be embarrassing if they couldn’t even enter the group stages.
She didn’t want Qiao Nian to get involved in this mess, but she supported Qiao Nian’s decision unconditionally. “Forget it. It’s useless to think about this now. Let’s look at the final results first. If the person chosen is you, we can still make it in time.”
“Okay.” Qiao Nian didn’t take the software competition to heart. Seeing that the beef in the pot was ready, she placed the tender beef in the tomato pot into the small bun bowl. Then, she raised her chin and said gently, “Hurry up and eat. There’s no chili in this.”
Ye Qichen’s obsidian eyes lit up as he nodded like a chicken pecking at rice. He immediately grabbed his chopsticks, afraid that Qiao Nian would think that he didn’t like it.
He took a bite first. With his mouth still wrapped in food, he mumbled, “Sister, eat too~”
Qiao Nian changed her posture and placed her hand on the chair. She sat sideways, not in a hurry to eat. “You eat first.”
Ye Lan looked at her grandson, who seemed to like Qiao Nian very much. She was a little depressed and a little helpless. She slowly said, “Chen Chen has been asking to come back every day because he misses you. Nian Nian, do you have time?”
Qiao Nian looked at her gently, as if waiting for her to speak.
Ye Lan held her forehead and shook her head. She couldn’t help but laugh. She was already so old, yet she still had to worry about her grandson after worrying about her daughter.
But she only had one eldest grandson, and he was the son left behind by her daughter’s difficult labor. She couldn’t bear to leave him alone.
Therefore, Ye Lan pulled a long face and said shamelessly, “Did Wangchuan tell you that Chen Chen wants to stay with you?
“What I’m considering is that you’ve just entered university and Chen Chen is still young. I’m afraid that he’ll be insensible and disturb you…”
Ye Qichen was sitting obediently in his seat, eating the beef that Qiao Nian had cooked for him. He suddenly put down his chopsticks when he heard his grandmother’s words and said with a serious expression, “I won’t disturb Sister!”
Qiao Nian looked at him.
The little guy’s face turned red again. He explained to Ye Lan angrily and shyly, “I won’t trouble you. Uncle Gu San is also there. I’ll trouble Uncle Gu San, not you.”
Didn’t he have another uncle?
Ye Qichen thought of his uncle and secretly pursed his lips. He would rather mention Gu San than Ye Wangchuan. The word ‘jealousy’ was almost written on his face.
He looked away and said in a muffled voice, “… Anyway, I won’t trouble Sister Nian.”
The little guy pursed his lips. His expression looked stubborn and pitiful.
Ye Lan’s heart twisted. She immediately put down her chopsticks and comforted him. “Aiyo, Grandma didn’t mean that. I’m not saying that you’re troublesome. I’m just worried that Nian Nian is only a freshman and she’ll be busy with her studies… Grandma didn’t say anything about you.”
“…” Ye Qichen didn’t say anything. He tugged at the seam of his pants and lowered his head. His eyes were red.
What did she mean by that? She just didn’t want him to live with his sister.
However, when they brought him out for rehabilitation, they had agreed that he could live with his sister as long as he was obedient and recovered early.
Only then did he agree to leave the country.
Or he would not leave!
In the end, he kept the agreement, but the elders refused to!
They were all liars!
